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. 2015 Aug 15;8(8):14105–14109.

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses predicting urinary incontinence rates at 3 month after radical prostatectomy

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis


Continence Incontinence P value OR 95% CI P value
Age (year) 65.7 ± 6.6 68.4 ± 6.8 < 0.001 1.05 1.01-1.09 0.003
BMI (kg/m2) 23.7 ± 2.8 22.9 ± 2.9 0.007 0.89 0.82-0.97 0.006
Smoking
    No 147 140
    Yes 91 68 0.22 0.85 0.54-1.34 0.48
Hypertension
    No 152 131
    Yes 86 77 0.85 1.03 0.64-1.63 0.91
Diabetes
    No 219 193
    Yes 19 15 0.76 0.86 0.37-1.96 0.71
PSA (ng/ml) 18.5 ± 19.1 18.4 ± 18.2 0.92 1.00 0.98-1.01 0.37
Gleason score 6.9 ± 0.8 7.0 ± 1.0 0.16 1.23 0.96-1.57 0.10
Preoperative PFME
    No 175 200
    Yes 63 8 < 0.001 0.13 0.06-0.29 < 0.001

BMI: body mass index; CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; PFME: pelvic floor muscle exercise.